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<p>Maywood, Calif., has created a "culture of participation" to help solve its pollution problems, particularly contaminated water.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>California sends out about three billion dollars a year to the disabled and elderly so they can buy food and afford housing. But in the second part of our series, Senior Insecurity, Capital Public Radio found there's little oversight of this program.</p> <p>Even though Supplemental Security Income - or SSI - is California's second most expensive health and human services program, the state doesn't track whether it's enough to live on or how people spend their money.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>California’s second most expensive health and human services program, Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, was designed to help the elderly and disabled afford basic necessities. But for many older Californians it's not meeting that goal.</p> <p>In the first of our two-part series, Senior Insecurity, we’ll look at how the deepest state budget cuts to SSI in a decade have impacted older disabled Californians. A growing number of them can’t&nbsp;afford enough food or are living on the streets.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>